Killingly and Pomfret to receive security upgrade funding

The Killingly and Pomfret school districts are among 75 Connecticut school districts slated to receive thousands in state funding for security upgrades.

The money, part of a $16 million School Security Grant Program and Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety Act package, is the second round of such funding since September.

Killingly is scheduled to receive $60,897, with $20,299 to be raised locally. Killingly was previously awarded $93,300 for security work. In Pomfret, the district will get $35,826, with $16,148 to be matched locally.

The state funding will be used to reimburse municipalities for a portion of the costs associated security infrastructure improvements made in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.